About Weather Complaints

What is this site?

This is a personal blog; its content and direction is entirely subject to its owner’s whims and pleasures. Maybe you’ll find something cool here; maybe not. Maybe it will find a direction or maybe it will wander. I created it as a place to somewhat-anonymously post my own writing and what I find interesting.

I welcome comments! Most comments will be published on the site, but personal non-publishable ones are also welcome (just let me know that you don’t want it published). Do be sure to include an email address if you’d like a response.

The tech philosophy behind Weather Complaints

➡ Technical details about this site can be found at Tech Notes: How This Site Was Made

This is a website; is is just one of many. But I take pains to make this little corner of the web as nice as possible.

Handmade

Weather Complaints is a handmade website.

Lightweight

Pages are kept as lightweight as reasonably possible.

Accessible

I’m always learning more about web accessibility, but to the greatest extent possible I make this site with all users in mind, including those using screen readers or other assistive technology.

Privacy-respecting

Weather Complaints has no cookies, no cookie banners, no ads, no trackers, no external Javascript, no web fonts, and no analytics scripts. I don’t like websites that are slow, track me or try to sell me things, so I try not to be part of the problem.

Compatible

Weather Complaints is designed to work on a wide variety of browsers. It even works in text-only browsers! (For a screenshot, see this Tech Notes post)

Why?

Not everyone has a fast connection. Websites should be usable on slow connections.

You shouldn’t have to worry about your privacy when visiting a website.

You shouldn’t need an adblocker to have a good experience on a website.

With climate change a major world issue, it doesn’t make sense to waste massive amounts of computing power (and thus energy) on a text-based website.

Inspirations

Weather Complaints’s web design philosophy was inspired by many, but most recently by https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com , a website that runs on a solar-powered server.

Green Hosting

Weather Complaints is now on a host that uses a combination of renewable energy and renewable energy credits to achieve carbon-neutral hosting.

 

Contact Weather Complaints

Whether you have a question, suggestion, or want to post a comment, please feel free to get in touch.
Please be sure to include your email address if you’d like a reply.

​